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Month: December 2013
What news stories did the Guardian miss in 2013?
Tell us what we missed, should have covered in more detail, or what we covered too much in news in 2013 Guardian readers James Walsh […]
Top heads and educators become knights and dames in New Year's honours list
Headteachers and educationalists have received top awards in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list. Mike Griffiths (pictured), former president of the Association of School and […]
The 10 funniest things that happened in education this year
In recent years, too many comedians to count have tried to cash in on school-related antics, but none of their efforts are a patch on […]
Ofsted: Teachers should be free to teach as they want as long as children learn
Teachers will no longer be judged on their teaching styles or have to match lessons to the needs of individual pupils to achieve top grades […]
Teacher training revamp leaves universities with £1 million funding cuts
Cuts to the number of initial teacher training places in universities have left some institutions facing income shortfalls of more than £1 million. A report […]
Nearly half of school leaders work on Christmas Day, survey reveals
Almost half of school leaders expect to be as concerned with teaching as turkey on Christmas Day, a survey has revealed. Research by school leader […]
Durand's boarding school plans hit hurdle as planning permission refused
Contentious plans to bus hundreds of London teenagers to a boarding school in a mock Tudor mansion in the South Downs have hit yet another […]
Protect children's centres and nursery schools, says damning report
A damning report on the government’s “short-term” and “disparate” policies for early years has been published this morning by MPs. The Commons education select committee […]
Charity chief: PRUs being run for 'the needs of the system' and not the needs of their pupils
Pupil referral units do not focus enough on classroom education and are currently “designed to meet the needs of the system” rather than the pupils, […]